BBQ on the bypass

Our last competition of 2010 was the bbq on the bypass in Langley BC. Paul had planned to come down from Calgary but due to work commitments he wasn't able to make. Out friend Taurean and his wife Tiara stepped up and came along for the ride, even though the poor guy had never bbq'd before!

I loaded up the truck on Saturday morning hoping to pick up our new team mates at about noon and getting to the comp at 2 in the afternoon.......Well things didn't go as planned and the back window of the truck got taken out by a table, creating one heck of a mess. We ended up covering it with plastic and putting it together with duct tape for the trek to Langley. This didn't look bad at all, plus there was still glass everywhere unloading the truck was not going to be fun!
The truck was crazy full and we had to have a cooler in the cab......real comfortable with three people on a bench seat with a massive cooler and a sleeping bag! Add to that we missed the ferry and were now on pace to reach the comp at midnight! Good times!

Once we got there the fun continued as the rain started coming and coming and coming. We set up as quick as possible and Taurean and Tiara got started on the parsley. They look so happy......

After a bit of a cold and rough nights sleep we shockingly look reasonably happy, I do think we had coffee by this point though! And the cupcake girls had set up beside us and were filling us up with cupcakes!

Then the day got awesome......The chili tank arrived! They actually make chili in this old cast iron tank, it has a couple fire boxes in it and cooks while you tow it, super cool!

Unfortunately the rain didn't let up......I won't comment on the next picture but let you infer.....

T and T did great jobs on the parsley boxes as well as giving out samples.

But the rain just kept coming soaking everyone and everything.

The matches were garbage, it's a good thing the good folks at House of Q were willing to share there fire starters!

Finally turn in times came around. We were fortunate to make the times, we actually didn't start cooking until 5:30 in the morning with the first turn in being 11am.

The pork came out really really really good. We filled in the box side ways by accident but the appearance actually ended up looking much nicer! Better to be lucky then good!

The brisket looks a little dry in this picture but it really wasn't. It came out very well, moist and flavorful, maybe a touch over cooked but still good.

For some reason (just because it's close to home.....) we're still using those big chicken thighs. We've got it cased now though with some readjusted cooking times the chicken came out absolutely perfect!

And the last turn in of the day was ribs. We thought they were perfect but in hind site looking at the turn in pictures we were far too sloppy with the sauce. So it goes.....

And for the first time ever Team 58 received calls in all four categories, at our toughest comp of the year!

Chicken 2nd place out of 30 teams!

Pork 6th place out of 30 teams

Brisket 10th place out of 30 teams!

And ribs 6th place out of 30 teams!

This was a great way to end our season! The weather didn't cooperate but we had our best all around result in a tough tough field!

Team 58 is looking forward to next year and planning on doubling our number of competitions from 3 in 2009, 6 in 2010, and now we're targeting 12 in 2011! Wish us luck and see you on the trail!